Rome, September 4, 2021 – L‘Europe and Covid at the center of the message from the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, addressed on the occasion of Ambrosetti Forum in Cernobbio. The head of state first spoke of common security. “Similar commitment” to that demonstrated by the EU on the Recovery Plan front “must now concern the contribution of the European Union to the cause of pace, development, security and international stability. There globalization of the markets it matters that it occurs at the same time as the diffusion of rights, in order to achieve the full dignity of people in every corner of the world. Hence the need for a common foreign and security policy “.
For Mattarella “this is a matter in which the EU has moved, up to now, too timidly and which, on the contrary, represents the natural continuation of that shared sovereignty also destined to guarantee, to European citizens, the continuation of an experience of growth and progress that has no equal. Europe cannot afford to be absent from scenarios and events the consequences of which are overturned on the countries that make it up and by the definition of the rules governing international relations “.
The EU applauds the fight against Covid: “The EU has demonstrated, in front of the pandemic and its economic and social consequences, one ability to react effectively and promptly. The actions taken, both in the field of vaccination campaigns and in support of social crises and economic recovery, confirm the goodness of the choices made in the direction of shared sovereignty at the continental level. European integration makes it possible to play a critical mass at the international level on the economic level to the benefit of the European peoples “.
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